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party because you are of the you have the thesis that the communist party could have been reformed it could have been democratized and i think that's a minority opinion in the world right now but i mean it's a very interesting thesis knowing him how did he see that going about you have to remember who he was where he came from and his generation he was of this generation that came to consciousness under khrushchev and the speech against stalin gorbachev was an anti stalinist later when he got power he wanted to be a de stalin nizer that meant to dismantle the controls that stalin had imposed on the soviet union in the thirty's and then he said something remarkable in one thousand nine hundred seven he said lenin made a big mistake he carried out an economic new policy that after the civil war he didn't carry out a political policy in other words he said lennon is a mistake was not becoming a democratize or he thought he had come at last in gorbachev. of gorbachev's road to democracy was removing stalin's controls not only on society but on the party itself now he may have had a real m
party because you are of the you have the thesis that the communist party could have been reformed it could have been democratized and i think that's a minority opinion in the world right now but i mean it's a very interesting thesis knowing him how did he see that going about you have to remember who he was where he came from and his generation he was of this generation that came to consciousness under khrushchev and the speech against stalin gorbachev was an anti stalinist later when he got...
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he reserved 100 seats in the congress for communist party officials. he created the conditions for gorbachev. created conditions where boris yeltsin could stand for election to represent before moscow and he got nine million votes. so gorbachev created a democratic conditions for democrats to advance and i think that we must see gorbachev in that way and yeltsin as an opportunist with the right impulses. >> host: opportunist with the right impulses. incredible moments of courage. >> guest: on his instincts. carried a lot of courage to do that. history proved that he was right. the time had come to wind up the soviet union and he was the one who realized that and went about doing it. pays tribute to yeltsin for bringing freedom to russia. >> host: what about the what if? gorbachev looking back 20 years says a couple big mistakes were not breaking the communist party earlier on. perhaps and perhaps not signing the union treaty in such a way earlier to head off the coup. if ahead done that we could have had a union and the demilitarized, more democratic u
he reserved 100 seats in the congress for communist party officials. he created the conditions for gorbachev. created conditions where boris yeltsin could stand for election to represent before moscow and he got nine million votes. so gorbachev created a democratic conditions for democrats to advance and i think that we must see gorbachev in that way and yeltsin as an opportunist with the right impulses. >> host: opportunist with the right impulses. incredible moments of courage. >>...
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if i quit as leader of the communist party can't do anything about that. you see a connection with day. [talking over each other] >> guest: he was pretty aware of the caliber of these people and that is when he made his remarks. got to keep them on a leash. if one was to take a positive view of gorbachev's actions that complain the law. he allowed hard-liners to stay close to bring them forward to the point when they couldn't succeed in stage a coup which actually happened in august of 1991. in that respect that is his defense. i am not so sure. i belong to a generation of correspondence were there in early 1991 who were very critical of gorbachev and could see that yeltsin was doing the right thing, doing the courageous thing which was to stop the crackdown of the baltics. of course yeltsin was looking towards an independent russia as well. >> host: you have wonderful details on both personalities. some jumped out at me. you say for example gorbachev was sophisticated man of the world yet swore profanity of the trouble they had where yeltsin was a hard-dr
if i quit as leader of the communist party can't do anything about that. you see a connection with day. [talking over each other] >> guest: he was pretty aware of the caliber of these people and that is when he made his remarks. got to keep them on a leash. if one was to take a positive view of gorbachev's actions that complain the law. he allowed hard-liners to stay close to bring them forward to the point when they couldn't succeed in stage a coup which actually happened in august of...
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if i quit as leader of the communist party, you can't do anything about that. i'd still be president and you won't have the same connection with me. >> host: but he wanted them to say, oh, please, come back. >> guest: which is what they did. and he was pretty aware of the caliber of these people who were trying to hold him back, and that's when he made the remark that the rabid dog, and i've got to keep it on a leash. and that actually, if one wants to take a very positive view of gorbachev's actions, that explains a lot; that he allowed the hardliners to stay close to him so he could bring them forward to the point when they couldn't succeed in staging a coup which actually happened in august of 1991. in retrospect, that's his defense. i'm not so sure i belong to a generation of correspondents who were there in early 1991 who were very critical of gorbachev and could see that yeltsin was doing the right thing and doing the courageous thing which was to, they stopped the crackdown in the baltics though of course yeltsin was looking towards an independent russia
if i quit as leader of the communist party, you can't do anything about that. i'd still be president and you won't have the same connection with me. >> host: but he wanted them to say, oh, please, come back. >> guest: which is what they did. and he was pretty aware of the caliber of these people who were trying to hold him back, and that's when he made the remark that the rabid dog, and i've got to keep it on a leash. and that actually, if one wants to take a very positive view of...
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the communist party like these days let's have a look at that. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his record with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stumps and passports. success story second to hold presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class. for its red flag with a hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand to eleven on r t. just a look there for you at the modern russian a communist party there so far today over one hundred people in fact have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to
the communist party like these days let's have a look at that. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his record with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing...
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but he reserved 100 seats up in the congress for top communist party officials. in fact committed not want to face election himself. he created conditions for boris yeltsin as the representative from moscow. he got something like 9 million votes. so gorbachev created the democratic conditions for the democrats to advance. i think that we must seek gorbachev as a statesman and yeltsin as an opportunist with the right imposes. a thing that would be the best with some without. >> opportunist but with some incredible moments of courage. >> a good bet on his instincts. it required a lot of courage to do that. history proved that he was right. the time but come to wind down the soviet union, and he was the one who realize that and to went doing it. for bringing freedom to russia. >> what about the way, gorbachev to be looking back toward the years, well, a couple of big mistakes were not breaking the communist party earlier on and perhaps not signing the union treaty in such a way earlier so that it would head off the coup, and if i had done that we could have had a un
but he reserved 100 seats up in the congress for top communist party officials. in fact committed not want to face election himself. he created conditions for boris yeltsin as the representative from moscow. he got something like 9 million votes. so gorbachev created the democratic conditions for the democrats to advance. i think that we must seek gorbachev as a statesman and yeltsin as an opportunist with the right imposes. a thing that would be the best with some without. >> opportunist...
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party headquarters or enough it seems like the communists have made really almost double the number of votes they received in the two thousand and seven election and what's the mood like among their ranks are they celebrating. well they're not quite so liberating you wouldn't see any same pain around here but i have to say that they are rather calm and collected they would in a way into this election promising increase in russian promising to better russian military to strengthen russia's position on the world the arena to resurrect the russian village and basically increase russia's influence in the world political arena and it looks like those promises have actually found have actually found some sort of response among the voters hearts and minds that because their numbers are speaking for themselves really they're almost near that twenty percent barrier of course there are the communists are hoping to break that barrier by the end of the night but of course we have to wait and to wait for the fiscal results for that to happen now the head of the communist party has been a good ni
party headquarters or enough it seems like the communists have made really almost double the number of votes they received in the two thousand and seven election and what's the mood like among their ranks are they celebrating. well they're not quite so liberating you wouldn't see any same pain around here but i have to say that they are rather calm and collected they would in a way into this election promising increase in russian promising to better russian military to strengthen russia's...
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if i quit as leader of the communist party, you can't do anything about that. i would still be president and you won't have the same connection with me. >> he wanted them to say, please, don't quit. >> he was fully aware that the caliber of these people who were trying to hold him back and that's when he made his remark that they're a rabid dog and i have to keep them on a leash. if one wants to take a positive view of gorbachev's actions, that explains a lot, that he allowed the hard-liners to stay close to him so he could bring them forward to the point when they couldn't succeed in staging a coup, which happened in august of 1991. in retrospects of suspect that -- retrospect that was his response. i was there in early 1991 and was among correspondents who were cid cal of gorbachev and could see yeltsin was doing the right thing, the courageous thing, which is stopping the crackdown in the baltics. yeltsin was looking towards an independent russia and this helped his case as well. >> in your book you have these wonderful details on both of those personalities
if i quit as leader of the communist party, you can't do anything about that. i would still be president and you won't have the same connection with me. >> he wanted them to say, please, don't quit. >> he was fully aware that the caliber of these people who were trying to hold him back and that's when he made his remark that they're a rabid dog and i have to keep them on a leash. if one wants to take a positive view of gorbachev's actions, that explains a lot, that he allowed the...
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talking about the violations which the observers from the communist party have allegedly observed at the polling stations they talked about various forms of violations they even said that some of the communist observers or at the at the observers from the communist party were beaten up at the polling stations they didn't specify where exactly that happened not what is the communist party all about these days let's have a look at this but. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats party leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but his criticized for his rebel small with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing pushing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stamps in passports. success story second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners the discontented industrial working class brought
talking about the violations which the observers from the communist party have allegedly observed at the polling stations they talked about various forms of violations they even said that some of the communist observers or at the at the observers from the communist party were beaten up at the polling stations they didn't specify where exactly that happened not what is the communist party all about these days let's have a look at this but. as russians pick for parliament who are the main...
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they went instead to the communist party twenty years after the end of the soviet union the communist party has twenty percent of the vote in russia they went to fair russia which is a patriotic conservative party and of course they went to the extreme right zhirinovsky party these three parties i think in comparison to mr putin's united russia. i would have thought pretty unwelcome in western china for it exactly on if i can go to you first and that. tell my viewers where you have located did actually quite well that we did very well in two different. polling stations and they were in london and in washington d.c. so young what do you think that says about these liberal parties because just as john laughlin pointed out united russia took a beating it's got certainly a bloody nose but those votes didn't go to liberal parties ok again we'll have a new duma where these liberal parties will not be having any seats you know we have to look at these think from two perspectives from overall results of course yeah because the result is not so great but from yabloko own perspective we can jus
they went instead to the communist party twenty years after the end of the soviet union the communist party has twenty percent of the vote in russia they went to fair russia which is a patriotic conservative party and of course they went to the extreme right zhirinovsky party these three parties i think in comparison to mr putin's united russia. i would have thought pretty unwelcome in western china for it exactly on if i can go to you first and that. tell my viewers where you have located did...
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party coming in second so far exit polls at nineteen percent let's check in at communist party headquarters artie's arena go there for us what are people talking about there what's the mood one thousand percent so far. they are pretty happy with that number they were hoping for twenty or higher and by the looks of it they're actually going to get it i have to say the atmosphere here at the at the headquarters is rather relaxed nobody is running around nobody is in a hurry they are happy with the results that they are getting and you have to remember that this has been a party which has surprisingly or not so surprising we've been showing rather consistent positive results so a during the last elections which happened four years ago so people here are is saying they're joking around they're saying that they expect their results to be very good no tension whatsoever they did mention of course i think their primary focus the elections right now are these supposedly. the the the problems with the election at the electoral process it and they are staying the communists are saying that they will
party coming in second so far exit polls at nineteen percent let's check in at communist party headquarters artie's arena go there for us what are people talking about there what's the mood one thousand percent so far. they are pretty happy with that number they were hoping for twenty or higher and by the looks of it they're actually going to get it i have to say the atmosphere here at the at the headquarters is rather relaxed nobody is running around nobody is in a hurry they are happy with...
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post the laws in the house already talk to the coalition the head of the communist party has ruled out any chance of the coalition with you know it's a question of party as some of the other parties say perhaps so be a possibility if united russia were willing to make some concessions but it seems that you know to russia to have loss of majority that they enjoyed so long so some quite big changes there then so why is it that the united russia party seems to have lost so many of its voters as you say any comments from within the ranks. there is a lot of speculation about that loss of public support some people saying that simply people feel that the party had been in power the too long and that has led to political and economic stagnation of the people saying that the reason criticisms around the parties servility to corruption and to survive people with a better quality of life those are some of the contributing factors not present the data to that point mr putin has made reference to the fact that the economic situation in the country indeed in the world ok to have affected pages me b
post the laws in the house already talk to the coalition the head of the communist party has ruled out any chance of the coalition with you know it's a question of party as some of the other parties say perhaps so be a possibility if united russia were willing to make some concessions but it seems that you know to russia to have loss of majority that they enjoyed so long so some quite big changes there then so why is it that the united russia party seems to have lost so many of its voters as...
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and the second of the number of seats is the communist party headed by it's. gone off the communist saw the biggest opposition force in the country constantly in second place and one of the most prominent deputies in this sector of federal is a nobel laureate in physics in two thousand and the communist party promises a not for the first time the nationalization of key industries they're often criticized for sticking to a platform that caters to an elderly constituency that still dreams of returning to the glory days of the soviet union. or another old timer of the russian the state duma. he's a leader of the liberal democratic party of russia now it's often called a one man party is widely considered to be a show mademoiselle for his eccentric behavior and sometimes shocking political views for example he advocated forcibly retaking alaska from the us and openly expressed his hatred of certain ethnic groups from that as it is no excuse often turned his words into action while on a lighter note says resting chopping i'm excited to read it was elected as a unit
and the second of the number of seats is the communist party headed by it's. gone off the communist saw the biggest opposition force in the country constantly in second place and one of the most prominent deputies in this sector of federal is a nobel laureate in physics in two thousand and the communist party promises a not for the first time the nationalization of key industries they're often criticized for sticking to a platform that caters to an elderly constituency that still dreams of...
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now, if you want, the communist party got 35 or something% of the vote. gorbachev run for election he got 2%. now if you want to form a political party in russia, the authorities will find some way, find, identifying a problem in your application papers. you don't have free of political association in russia today, but you did have during the early yeltsin years. >> host: you also have that collapse in the early, not only in the summer of 91 budget that collapse in 92. you had the sort of boom years. hewitt the attack on the apartment in 93. been at the international economic collapse in 98. sort of in time in the series of disasters for the russian people. i'm just wondering how much that color is in russia the debate looking back to december 25, 1991, you describe some of the nostalgia that people do feel. >> guest: it's interesting. the day that the russian parliament declared they wanted to be solvent was celebrated after yeltsin, independence day, the third national holiday. vladimir putin change that to russia day because he didn't want -- they want
now, if you want, the communist party got 35 or something% of the vote. gorbachev run for election he got 2%. now if you want to form a political party in russia, the authorities will find some way, find, identifying a problem in your application papers. you don't have free of political association in russia today, but you did have during the early yeltsin years. >> host: you also have that collapse in the early, not only in the summer of 91 budget that collapse in 92. you had the sort of...
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there's already been talk about coalitions being pulled the head of the communist party ruled out will be a coalition with united russia as some of the other parties to stop the forcibly but it would be that could happen but you know it's a bunch of those would have to make. concessions to those parties the president himself has acknowledged that. united russia has won exactly what it could count on no more and no less in that sense he was an absolutely fair and democratic election the result was more or less what the various pre-election polls had predicted therefore the allegations before unashamed to use of administrative leverage are unfounded worst that leverage the. book president but it's saying that he also said that he thinks the united russia had to lead the country provide it with economic stability we've had loads of kools to change their concerns that apology was meted out the state could lead to political and economic stagnation but what we are seeing with the basic figure is that certainly although it's no surprise that you know it's a question have come out in the lead
there's already been talk about coalitions being pulled the head of the communist party ruled out will be a coalition with united russia as some of the other parties to stop the forcibly but it would be that could happen but you know it's a bunch of those would have to make. concessions to those parties the president himself has acknowledged that. united russia has won exactly what it could count on no more and no less in that sense he was an absolutely fair and democratic election the result...
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a lot of the sward you know a lot of the border go to communist party or to fair russia a lot of it is just broadest lot of people do not believe that these bodies will rule them they just wanted to send a signal to him and atrocious if you account of all this in two thousand and seven forty five million voters almost would really have voted for you know it's russia now it's it is at least they're not you i would agree with this model they've also accounted so maybe that the figure will reach twelve million so there are twelve million disillusioned people it so it will not be able to change the political system of the country singlehandedly it will need the support of other partners. and they'll be more on how the political we shall feel a russian may affect the country's economy in our business bulletin that's coming up. and in the business update later this hour we'll take a look we take a look at what the latest election results mean for russia's economy. than it is now under around says its forces have shot down an unmanned american spy drone in the east of the country the aircraft
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. ♪ >> the communist party of china has lost control of a village in southern china. what started as a protest against corrupt officials selling farm land has ended in a small fishing village in open revolt. the last of the party officials fled on monday as thousands of people have blocked police from retaking the village. standing firm against tear gas and water cannons. here is our report from the village. >> this is what a rebellion looks like in china. they are locked in a bitter land dispute with authorities. but instead of being silenced, they have chosen to stand and fight. [chanting] >> party officials have fled and authorities have lost control of the village. but in china, such open defiance can be deadly. this video shows a brutal police crackdown in the village last week. if there are thousands of incidences of social unrest in china every month. often, when local officials confiscate the land to sell it to developers. >> but these disputes erode support for the communist party. one villager was negotiating with authorities to end the dispute. but he died
. ♪ >> the communist party of china has lost control of a village in southern china. what started as a protest against corrupt officials selling farm land has ended in a small fishing village in open revolt. the last of the party officials fled on monday as thousands of people have blocked police from retaking the village. standing firm against tear gas and water cannons. here is our report from the village. >> this is what a rebellion looks like in china. they are locked in a...
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but these disputes erode support for the communist party. villager here was negotiating with authorities to end this dispute, but he died in miss custody earlier this week. his family are preparing to bury him tomorrow. but his daughter is struggling to. cpeo she says the authorities have yet to handle hand over the body. >> i know my father's body is not likely to return. he wished to get the land back and punish corrupt officials. we will put aside our emotions to achieve this. he sacrificed himself and we will, too. >> in a country where dissent is rarely tolerated, people here believe there is safety in numbers. >> villagers are calling for the overthrow of the officials and want to see safegaurds for their land. they insist that the only way to protect themselves is by by uniting and speaking out. >> but tonight, many fear reprisals. five men have already been snatched, most likely by undercover policemen. we joined locals as they went out on patrol. >> we volunteer day and night to prevent people being taken away. where we see police,
but these disputes erode support for the communist party. villager here was negotiating with authorities to end this dispute, but he died in miss custody earlier this week. his family are preparing to bury him tomorrow. but his daughter is struggling to. cpeo she says the authorities have yet to handle hand over the body. >> i know my father's body is not likely to return. he wished to get the land back and punish corrupt officials. we will put aside our emotions to achieve this. he...
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nationalism to use against gorbachev the communist party demanded its own russian communist party which had not existed and you know since seized on this russian parliament and its sovereignty issues so you had a picture movement against gorbachev both claiming to represent you know i wanted it in reality they didn't represent nationalism ok richard you want to jump in there go ahead well i mean i talking about this situation today i mean to russian foreign minister you just issued in an outrageous statement and once again that the baltic countries voluntarily joined the soviet union and that conjures up the image of a right wing coup in the soviet you in a russia today and that's a possibility that could have happened in russia back in one nine hundred ninety one and it's very very disturbing because it doesn't make any sense the baltic countries are like they're like. canaries and the mind ok the toxic. threats that are made from moscow these are these small states they don't have a great deal of clout but they have a lot of friends in the west and it's not in russia is vital self int
nationalism to use against gorbachev the communist party demanded its own russian communist party which had not existed and you know since seized on this russian parliament and its sovereignty issues so you had a picture movement against gorbachev both claiming to represent you know i wanted it in reality they didn't represent nationalism ok richard you want to jump in there go ahead well i mean i talking about this situation today i mean to russian foreign minister you just issued in an...
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party opposed to vote for war social spending and the threat. from the markets perception the threat will be higher spending by the government will start to raise interest rates for what the government has to pay. let's have a look at the markets now oil is trading high on speculation that tensions in the middle east will curb supplies iran says oil could reach two hundred fifty dollars a barrel if it sees more pressure on its nuclear program and another boost is coming from europe where a new the challenge prime minister mario monti plans to spend thirty billion euros on a sweeping austerity package. european markets are quite a bit in late morning trade with banking shares in the lead the footsie and the dexa gaining more than half a percent this hour investors are looking ahead to a meeting between french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel to prepare for a key european summit later in the week. on the russian markets posting modest gains this solved my six is flat but the r.t.s. is gaining point four percent that's
party opposed to vote for war social spending and the threat. from the markets perception the threat will be higher spending by the government will start to raise interest rates for what the government has to pay. let's have a look at the markets now oil is trading high on speculation that tensions in the middle east will curb supplies iran says oil could reach two hundred fifty dollars a barrel if it sees more pressure on its nuclear program and another boost is coming from europe where a new...
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of the east you know a lot of the border go to communist party or to fair russia a lot of it is just broader store people do not believe that these bodies will rule them they just wanted to send a signal to an attraction and the sort of technical votes some of the votes the party that didn't make it to the demon are being reassigned to the. parties that did so how does that help things then well it's one of the paradox of people who. actually ended up supporting united russia but i don't view it as very absurd because actually they can all make suggestions of liberals are fulfilled by you like that russia at the people who advise united russia on economy all of them are diehard. economists ok to me to bob thank you very much for your insights here today on the team. well we're hoping you are to keep your finger on the pulse of developments as counting continues in the russian parliamentary elections and later in the day we expect the announcement of official preliminary results and comments from international observers well you can also track the latest figures on our web site that's
of the east you know a lot of the border go to communist party or to fair russia a lot of it is just broader store people do not believe that these bodies will rule them they just wanted to send a signal to an attraction and the sort of technical votes some of the votes the party that didn't make it to the demon are being reassigned to the. parties that did so how does that help things then well it's one of the paradox of people who. actually ended up supporting united russia but i don't view...